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Ashlie Blakey

Two Spice dealers jailed after £50k worth of the drug found in raids

Two Spice dealers have been jailed after £50,000 worth of the drug was found in raids.

Warrants were carried out at houses in Salford and Stalybridge in July 2020.

Officers found a huge quantity of Spice - worth around £50,000 at street value.

They also found mobile founds inside the houses, police said.

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A forensic analysis of the phones found messages from Scott Lavis, 30, and Jason Joyce, 26, which implicated them in the supply of selling drugs.

Both have now been jailed at Manchester Crown Court for their roles in supplying Spice.

Lavis, of Mottram Road, Stalybridge, was sentenced to two years and one month in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply a class b drugs and possession of a class B drug.

Joyce, of Burton Walk, Salford, was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply a class B drug.

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